QUALIFYING: NAVARRO ON FRONT ROW AT THE EMILIA ROMAGNA GRAND PRIX
Jorge Navarro returned to take the front row of the starting grid of the Made in Italy and Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, while Aldeguer finished his first Moto2 qualifying session in p13 at the Misano circuit, taking the fifth row.
Even today, the weather conditions have given no respite. During the FP3 in the morning it was not possible to lower the Friday times and for this Navarro, although the p6 at the end of the session, had to face the Q1. Uncertain time also in qualifying, but with a patchy track Jorge proved to be very fast, passing the session with the first time. Even in the final qualifying he was confirmed as one of the best, touching pole for only +0.045 with a time of 1’36.555.
A more than positive weekend also for Fermín who earned direct access to Q2 with the tenth time of the combined free practice classification. Aldeguer, who had an excellent feeling both in the wet and on the track in mixed conditions, was stopped by a crash at the end of which he was unable to improve on the thirteenth (still excellent) time in 1’37.780.
JORGE NAVARRO #9: 2nd in 1’36.555
“I am very happy with the front row because it was a strange weekend where we ran on a track in mixed conditions in all the sessions. I kept a cool head because I knew that in the dry I could be among the best. And so it was! I did a great Q1 and in Q2 I was also able to improve the time. So, as I said, very happy and I can’t wait to race tomorrow!”.
FERMÍN ALDEGUER # 54: 13th in 1’37.780
“Day with a bittersweet finish. To be honest, this morning I felt very good in the wet. I lowered yesterday’s wet time and improving lap after lap we finished the session in P4. Although the direct pass to Q2, we knew that qualifying was not going to be easy because we hadn’t been running in dry conditions. In any case, I came out very motivated and improving with every lap on the track until the crash that unfortunately ended the QP. P13 is not too bad to be my first quali here in Misano and with the uncertain conditions of this weekend. So happy and ready to give everything tomorrow!”.
